To evaluate the business case for commercial seed yam production, the strategic, financial, and operational viability must be assessed. This section provides planning and forecasting tools that can be adapted to an entrepreneurs’ specific situation and leveraged to analyze the business case.
The three screens are evaluated sequentially and with increasing levels of detail at each stage. If the seed yam opportunity looks attractive through the first screen (strategic) then it can be filtered through the second screen (business model). If the business model is attractive through assumption making, then it can be evaluated through the third screen (process).
Tools
To make the most of this toolkit, the accompanying operational planning and financial forecasting tools can be customized to your organization’s specific situation and leveraged to analyze the business case for producing, marketing, and selling seed yam.
Ware Yam Farm Level Calculator
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Seed Yam Business P&L Calculator
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Seed Yam Production in
Hydroponics Guide
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Seed Yam Production Calendar
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In this section, you will get more details on the three screens (strategic, business model, and process) that you will use to assess the viability of your yam production business case.
This section will introduce you to Wazobia Enterprises, our fictional company used in the models and serves as a case study throughout the toolkit.
This section is to provide detail about the organizations that created this toolkit and to look deeper into the references that were used to build it.
